DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is a set to inaugurate Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) T20 at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital on Sunday (Dec 08). The board has already completed their preparation for the gala event marking the 100th birth

DHAKA: Weightlifter Mabia Akter Simanta secured gold medal for Bangladesh in the 13th South Asian Games in Pokhara on Saturday (Dec 07).   She lifted a total 185kg in the women's 76kg weight category. Bangladeshi athlete Mabia Akter also won gold medal in 63kg (women)

In the defeat against Levante (3-1), the No.10 scored the only goal for the team; against Celta he achieved a spectacular hat-trick (4-1) and against Leganés, he assisted Suárez for the first goal (1-2). In addition, during November he also scored two goals in two matches with the

DHAKA: Bangladesh women bowled out Maldives within a single digit score in their 3rd South Asian Games match at Rangasala Stadium in Pokhara, Nepal on Thursday (December 5). Batting first, Bangladesh women scored 255 runs with the loss of 2 wickets. On the other hand, Maldives

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has prepared their arrangement for the inaugural ceremony of the Bangabandhu-Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) marking the 100th birth anniversary of father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the gala

DHAKA: Bangladesh openers- Murshidha Khatun and Ayesha Rahman safely guided India to a comfortable 10-wicket victory over Nepal Women’s team in their second game of the ongoing 13th South Asian Games (SA Games) on Wednesday (Dec 04) at Pokhara in Nepal. Bangladesh sent Nepal to bat

DHAKA: Karatist Humaira Akther Antara secured the fourth gold medal for Bangladesh in karate after beating Nepal's Anu Gurung by 5-2 points in the final of the women's -61kg kumite event at the ongoing 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu on Tuesday (Dec 03). Antara, who won the

Megan Rapinoe of the United States has won Women's Ballon d'Or for 2019, with England's Lucy Bronze the runner-up. Winger Rapinoe, 34, co-captained the US to victory at this summer's World Cup, where she was named player of the tournament and finished joint-top scorer

DHAKA: Al Amin Islam earned the second gold medal for Bangladesh in the men's 60kg kumite event in karate at Satdobato International Sports Complex in Kathmandu Tuesday (Dec 03). Pakistan won the silver while Nepal got the bronze in the same event which was the day's first

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player for a record sixth time. It is the 32-year-old Argentine's first Ballon d'Or since 2015 and comes after he scored 54 times for club and country in 2018-19, in which Barca won La

DHAKA: Dipu Chakma bagged first gold medal for Bangladesh in the 13th South Asian Games in the taekwondo poomsae event 29-plus-year category at Satdobato, Lalitpur on Monday (Dec 02). Dipu scored 16.24 points, beating competitors from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Nepal to clinch

DHAKA: Humaira Akther Antara bagged first medal, bronze, for Bangladesh in the 13th South Asian Games finishing third in the women's individual kata event in karate at Satdobato Sports Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday (Dec 02). Antara will compete in the women's 61kg

Lionel Messi scored a sublime late winner as champions Barcelona defeated Atletico Madrid to return to the top of La Liga. Messi curled sweetly into the corner of Jan Oblak's goal from the edge of the penalty box with four minutes remaining for his 11th goal in 10 games.

David Warner has hit just the eighth test triple century by an Australian, waltzing his way to the highest ever test score at the Adelaide Oval. In the most dominant innings of his career, Warner brought up the mark off just 389 balls in the pink-ball test when he pulled Mohammad Abbas

Lionel Messi scored on his 700th Barcelona appearance as they reached the knockout stages of the Champions League with a win over Borussia Dortmund. The Argentine, who has now scored 114 goals in the competition, was the catalyst for Barcelona's best work throughout. His deft

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to organize BPL 2019 in a new format in next month December in a remodeled version dedicating it to Bangabandhu on his birth centenary to be observed in Bangladesh with due fervor and festivity. There is no doubt that the dreamer and architect

DHAKA: A delegation of English giant football club Manchester United arrived in Dhaka as part of an initiative to play a friendly match in 2020 to celebrate the year as ‘Mujib Year’ marking birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The four-member team comprises

Even after humiliating and abysmal performance in two tests against India Sourav Ganguly, Virat Kohli and Sunil Gavaskar did not think Bangladesh Cricketers lack skills. But what they all thought that Bangladesh lacks experience and exposure to playing against quality bowling on sporting

Bangladesh gained ICC full membership in 2000 played its first test against India at Bangabandhu Stadium Dhaka in November 2000. Bangladesh competed very well in the first innings setting few milestones. Bangladesh eventually lost the test for lack of experience of required for enduring

England were crushed by New Zealand as the tourists lost the first Test by an innings and 65 runs at the Bay Oval. Resuming on 55-3, England needed to bat through the day to save the Test but were bowled out for 197 with 21.4 overs remaining in Mount Maunganui. Joe Denly made 35